Atalanta showed her skill when she hunted a bear. Though it was killed by Meleager, she was the
one who succeeded in wounding it. She also defeated Hercules’ father Peleus in
a wrestling match. She is said to be as
strong and athletic as she was beautiful.
In "The wife of bath´s" tale, the old woman thinks that real gentility is to support one another, to help him/her, to be faithful and most important, to let the other person have the will to choose by himself or herself.
